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Peer Group Association Promotes Digital Piracy

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In the context of digital piracy, observations through different studies have shown that social environment plays a significant role in determining the attitude and behavior of an individual. This chapter starts with a closer look at the nature of peer associations and how peer relationship can change the behavior in schools, universities, and workplaces. It looks at the nature of peer associations through the review of literature of the theories of behavioral science with legal reasoning of peer-to-peer (P2P) networking and landmark decisions.

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  1. Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India

    Sanjeev P. Sahni

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    Indranath Gupta

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Sahni, S.P., Gupta, I. (2019). Peer Group Association Promotes Digital Piracy. In: Piracy in the Digital Era. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7173-8_6

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